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INDEX 



Namidish, Caddo tribe called "place of 

 salt" people, 301. 



chief of, visited strangers on foot, 



599. 

 identification with Naguatex, 57, 



599. 

 trade with, 738. 

 Nanatsoho, 141, 157. 



allied with Kadohadatcho, Natchi- 

 toches, and Nasoni, 157. 

 population unknown, 157. 

 sketch of, 157. 

 tribe of Caddo Indians, 157. 

 Naniaba, 151, 197. 

 Nanih Waiva hill, "hill of origins," 



(Choctaw), 122. 

 Nanipacana, "Hill Top," Mobile town, 

 reached by De Luna expedition, 60, 

 61, 151. 

 Nansemond, 175. 

 Nanticoke, 201. 



means of transportation, 596. 

 origin indicated as westward by 

 tradition, 24. 

 Napetaca, Timucua village visited by 

 De Soto, 41, 202. 



Indians of, see Utina. 

 Napissa, 116, 158. 



reported by Iberville united with 

 Chickasaw, 158. 

 Napochi, 126, 157\ 158, 218, 829. 



at war with (Joosa^ and defeated by 



Spaniards and Coosa, 157. 

 linguistic evidence of relation to 



Choctaw and Mobile, 60. 

 name, interpretation of, 218. 

 one of tribes nearest to prehistoric 



settlement at Moundville, 158. 

 population unknown, 158. 

 probably Napissa mentioned by 



Iberville, 116. 

 sketch of, 157-158. 

 source material on, 829. 

 tribe on Black Warrior River, Ala. 

 157. 

 Naquiscoga, Indian tribe visited by 

 Moscoso, 57. 

 see Nacogdoche. 

 Narvaez, Panfilo de, 40, 41, 52, 59. 

 Apalachee encountered by, 89. 

 Narvaez Expedition, 37-39, 150, 172, 

 193, 196, 201, 346, 458, 460, 504, 582, 

 584, 587, 589, 619, 628, 633, 828. 

 death of two members, 49. 

 survivors of, 74. 



two members abducted by Indi- 

 ans, 38. 

 Nashitosh, see Natchitoches. 

 Nashville Basin, 5, 15. 

 Naskobo, town supporting the French, 



122. 

 Nasoni, 141, 142, 157, 158. 



identification with Nisohone, 57. 



population, 158. 



settlement located SW. of Shreve- 



port, 158. 

 sketch of, 158. 



Natao, see Adai. 

 Natasi, 158, 211. 



Caddo tribe on Red River, 158. 

 Natchez, 11, 13, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 29, 

 33, 54, 77, 99, 108, 129, 147, 148, 158- 

 161, 172, 188, 194, 195, 203, 212, 291, 

 297, 298, 299, 338, 665, 801, 803, 805, 

 806, 807, 809, 810, 818, 822, 827, 829. 

 advanced culture of, 22. 

 agricultural methods, 310, 818. 

 attack on Natchitoches, 99, 161. 

 axes, 544, 545. 

 band of, settled near Abihka on 



Arkansas River, 160. 

 birth customs, 717. 

 burial customs, 728, 811, 819. 

 castes, 661, 819. 

 clans and gentes, 655, 657. 

 clothing, 439, 440, 448, 449, 457, 



461, 463, 464, 465, 474. 

 coloring for manufactured articles, 



610. 

 crime and punishment, 733. 

 division of labor between men and 



women, 717. 

 divisions of Muskhogean stock, 10. 



(See table 1, facing p. 10.) 

 doors, 428, 430. 

 ear ornaments, 514, 819. 

 education of children, 717. 

 enumeration of months, 260, 261, 



262, 269, 818. 

 feather mantles, 455. 

 First Fruits Ceremony, 681. 

 first mission established among, 72. 

 food preserving, 374, 377. 

 fortified on Sicily Island, 212. 

 French trading post established 



among, to counteract English 



influence, 159. 

 games, 681, 682, 684. 



deer-hunting game, 319, 320. 

 hair di'essing, 500, 507, 819. 

 head deformation practiced by, 



537, 540, 818. 

 Great Sun, title of chief, 246, 555, 



599, 600, 601, 612, 650, 700, 728. 

 head band of feathers worn bv, 



509. 

 house of Great Sun, 82. 

 household utensils, 559, 561, 563, 



819. 

 houses, 418, 419, 421, 819. 

 hunting, 315, 316, 319, 321. 

 illumination, 426. 

 images, 618, 819. 



implements for hunting and fish- 

 ing, 575, 576, 579, 583. 

 joined by Tiou, 195. 

 language lost to most members and 



tribe about extinct, 160. 

 location, 29. 



marriage customs, 707, 708. 

 mats and baskets, 603, 607. 

 medical practices, 796, 798. 



